■^■vs
BY DAVID OYER.
SELECT P O£TRY•
& __ ■ =g£~ -
, > . -.. -•
KOTIXIiQ IS LOST,
Kotning is lost; th .• drop of dew
Which trembles on the le*f or flower,
Is but exhaled to fail anew
In Summer's thunder shower;
Fercitanc-e to shine within the bow
That fronts the sun at fali of day;
Perchance to sparkle ir; the flow
Of fountains f r a''
Is'othingla lost; t'.'.c tin;;'-? s. 1,
By wild oirfla borne, or breezes blown.
Finds something suited n its need,
Wherein 'tis sows and grown.
The Language of some household song,
¥■ The perfume of some cherished flower,
, Though gone from outward sense, belong
To memory's after hour.
S with cur words; or harsh or kind,
Uttered, ifcvy are not all forgot,
Tray leave their influence on the mind,
lTss on. but perish not!
So with our deeds; for good <-r ill
They have their peer, scarce understood;
Thee let us use our better will
To make tli an rife with good!
" iEgZ'y^Aifisr
L*€o I a on, Ivonen and Children Sold.
Mf ; Pierce Fuller Changing his !n
--vesimerls.
SCBJKES AT TcTE g.ilalj.
Hainan cf no Acucniiv.
U'l 'UTi.ER GIVES EACH CHAT ILK
A DOLL ill.
TH" \7 tc York Tribune , ,f the Ob in-;,
contains a 1 c.g and interesting report of 3D cx
<• usive st'! 3of slaves at Savannah, G asi or?
time previous. As ilia late owner of the slaves
it c wd! fc■■: "0 Plii'r. le;r.!:iend as li.otale
in ipie'-ii >!j has cf -.■!• i uuu*uai iutere*i both
North and South, we i.ave concluded to trans
fer the ei.ti'O account to our column-. The
report is understood '<:> have been the work of
Mr. Mortimer Thorn-on, a reporter for the
Tribune , who h bet'- known as "Poesticfcs."
Mr. Tbt'ir.sot) lias lua-lo an il-le report, and be
has dr wu z very graphic description of rvUat
must I.ave a striking scene.
Mr. Pierce Butler is a r.a'ive Phil idclp'iian.
He is a s*n of l'r. Jam s Mouse, a well known
physician uud literary man of this city. l)r.
M* married Miss Butler, tho daughter of Major
Pierce Butler, who resided by turns in i' ::ik
oolphia and in Georgia. Br. Mease had two
tons —Jehu tad Pierce—who early i'. iifedrop
po 1 their paternal name, end have ever sir.ee
been known by tho name of Butler. The
brothers fell beir to the large e..tate of their
maternal grandfather, and the slave portion of
Mr. Fierce Bo tier's share of the esiui-j formed
the staple of the sale reported b:lor- Mr.
John Butler weut to Mexico in command of a
volunteer company during the war. Ha dicu
there of disease contracted in that country.—
His widow still retains her shire of the slave
estate in Georgia,
Mr. Pierce Butler married Miss Frances Ann
Kembl. , } tho celebrated actress, and the uu
t appy divorce suit which was tho result of the
inirriage is fresh in the memory of most of our
readers. The difficulties which eventuated in
a separation e: tic cvoplc ;e understood to
iiovciccn foment.d by *•♦ possession of" the
v)y Biare property which I.? just been dis
posed of. Mrs. Bu;!er had a naturnl antipathv
to servitude, *od this feeling was encouraged
by some of the literary cseoeirdesof il:e gifted
lidy. Mr. Butler, upon the other bind, was a
warm admirer and advecato of :iie "pcculiir
institution," aod orach of the "inocui^autility
of temper" upon which tlie application for di
vorce was based is believ d to Lav; grown out
of this difference of npiniou.
A year or two since, wiieo the Rev. Dudley
A. Tyng preached Iris celebrated eeruion con
cerning "Our Country's Troubles," in which
the slavery proclivities of the Federal Govern
ment were handier! without gloves, Mr. Rutler
was a member of vestry of tue Church of the
Hpipbaoy where the sermon was delivered.—
He took up the Slavery cause in opposition to
the daring young minister, and the wealthy
- are holder was tea of uis most unrelentiug
' ppcnetitj, Mr. U. oarried his indignation so
! r as to dismantle his pew at the church, UD
t 1 Mr. Tyog w .s ousted from the pulpit.
Mr. Builer owned considerable property in
l'h" ■ lelph'.i is veil n* jn-Georgia ; but a re
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, See., &c—-Terrri3: Oae Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
cent series of unfurl uoatc stock ."peculation!*
involved bint in difficulties which resulted it!
enormous losses. To relieve himself fiou- cL
financial reverses, a large portion of his prop
erty in and stout Philadelphia h;s already
wen disposed of, and li e sain reported below
w-3 effected lor tie same object. Without
further preface wo give too Tribune** report of
the Great Biavc S le :
iLo laigefli salt: ~f buoi.in chattels ilia? has
b??tl mSve in the Stai-Spauglcd America for
several years took place on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week, at tbe Race Course near
the City of Savanna!:, Georgia. The lot con
sisted of four hundred and thirty-six men,
women, children and infants, being that b.iit ot
the riegro stuck remaining on the old Major
ilutler plantations which feli to one ot the two
heirs to that estate. Majcr Bauer dying, left
a property valued at more than a million of
dol. irs, the major part of which was invested
in rice and cotton plantations, and *he slaves
thereon, all ot which immense fortune desJoud
ei to tlie heirs, bis sons, Mr. John Butler,
sometime deceased, and Mr. Pierce Butler,
s.iii living, and resident in the City ot Pniia
dolphia, tn the free S;atc of Pennsylvania—
Losses in the gran 1 crash of 1857-8, and other
exigencies of o.:. : nc.s. have impelled tbe latter
gen tic mm tn realize on tits Scut' "rn i'wist
moots, tha". he may satisfy sundry pressing
creditors, and be enabled to resume business
with the surplus, if any. The led >o
a partition of tho negro stock on the Georgia
plantations between himself and the represen
tative of the other Lei:, the widow of th" late
John Butler, and the negroes that were brought
to the hammer last week were the properly of
Mr. Pierce Butler, of Philadelphia, mid were
in fait sold to pay Mr. Pierce Hatter's debts.
The creditors were represented by Gen. Cad
wjider, while Mr. But.er was present in person,
alien-tod by bis business agent, to attend to his
O-v ititrrCdlj.
Xba yu'e Lrd been advertised hrgcly il.
imr.y weeks—though the name of Mr. Lf>rier
tris not tucntionrd—•• •id .1.1 the wto
itMto t i Lc - ehoki lot and very desirable j
property, the itteudance vt' buyers was largo.
itia_K: •• . kin a-UJj <l/. :a <4d iUIiiX.LStTj!{.U iJ4
uncommon an Gccnrreu re that tiie a£fjfr wi ;
regarded wbh unusual interest throughout the!
Sooth. For several days before the sain every !
be tel in Siv iiio;!: was crowded with negro
speculators from North and South Carolina, j
Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, who
hid been attracted thill.: by the prospects of
.n king good bargain l :. Nothing was heard for
days, in the bar-rooms, but talk of the gr.-jt
sale, fit I*i .as ef the business affairs of Mr.
Butier, and -peculations us to the probable
prices ii.o stock would bring The cilice of
Joseph Bryan, the negro broker *.vuo had the
management n the sale, was tbionged every
day by eager inquirers in search oi informa
tion 'and by some who wire anxious to buy, but
were uncertain as to whether their securities
would piove areeptable. Jjittlo • arties were
mere made up from the various,hotels every day j
to viit the Ilace Course, distant .-ume three 1
miles from the city, to bok over the chattels,
discu-s their poiu's, and make memoranda for
guidance ou the day of sale. The buyers were
generally <fa rough breed, slangy, profane
arsd bearish, i cing for the most part fiont the
b.tok river and swamp plantations, where the
eb-gsoeiej of polite ltfe are not perhaps Ucvel
>ped o their fullest extent. In fact, the hu
tnauities nre sadly neglected by the petty
tyrants of the rice fields that border the gnat
l)i?n.ai Swamp, their knowledge of the luxu
ries of our be-1 .society comprehending onC !
revolvers and kincred delicacies.
Your correspondent was present at an early
date, out as he easily anticipated the touch
ing welcome that would, at such a liuic, bo
officiously extend.u to a representative of the
Tribune, and being a modest nnu withal, and
not desiiinj.- to be the recipient of a public do
ait.straior> from the enthusiastic h'uu.L.iu
population, who at times overdo their hospi
tality and their guests, ho bid not placard his
mission and claim his honors. Although lie
kept I.is business iu the background, bo made
himself a promioont figure in tho picture, and
wherever there was anything going on, there
was he in tho midst. At the sale might have
becu seen abu y individu I. d with pencil
aud catalogue, doing his title utmost ;-j ireru.
Up all the oone&raocis of knowing
pricing "likely nigger fellers," talking confi
dentially 'o the smartest ebon maids, chucking
tho round-eyed young tars under the cbiu,
malting an occasional bid for a largo family (i
low Lid—so low that somebody always instant
ly raised him twenty-five dollars, when tho
t.-y man would ignomiuionslv retreat,} acd
otherwise conducting himself like a rich plant
er, with forty thousand dollais where he could
put bis fiugcr on i . This gentleman was much
coudolod with by some sympathizing persons,
when the particularly fine lot on which h<e hud
fixed his critical eye wassiid and lost to him
forever, because lie happened to be down stairs
at luuch just at the interesting moment.
WDEItE TUE NEGROES CAAIE FROM.
The negroes came from two plantations—the
one a rice plantation near Darim, in the State
of Georgia, not tar froui the great Okefouokcc
Swamp, nod the other a cotton plantation on
ibo extreme northern point of St. Simon's
Island, a little bit of an island m the Atlantic,
cut off from Georgia maiulaud by a slender
arm of the sea. Through the most of the stock
had been accustomed only to lice and cotton
planting and culture, ihere were among theui u
number of very passable mechanics, who had
been taught to do all tho rougher sorts of
mechanical work on the plantations. There
wore coopers, carpenters, shoemakers and
blacksmiths, each one equal iu his various craft
to ihe ordinary requirements of a piuuUiiou—
that is, the coopers could mako rice-iiorees,
P.EDFOBD. PA.; FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1850.
i and po-Abiy, on a pifceh, i dde tubs and bucket*:
; tlie carpenter could do the rough carpentry
■ ah.dlt Ml? "£ro quarters, the alio&uikcr fvuld
• m-.ico shoes <-L '.ho fashion trquiwd for l®
I staves} and the blacksmith \vadequate lo
i the tuanefjyturo of hoes and similar simple
tool*, and to such trifling n j.air3 in the black
smithing way as did hot require too refiued a
skill. Though probably no one of all these
! wou d 1 e called a superior, ur even an average
Work .. n ' p the masters of the craft, their
. knowledge of those various trades sold in some
cases for neatly as much as tic man—that is, i
mm without a trade, who would bo valued at
I §9OO, would readily bring §I,OOO or §1.700
. if he was h p.asihl- blacksmith or cooper.
There were no light muDittoes in the whole
lot of the Butler -took, arid but very few that
j were even a -hade removed from tic • rtginnl
i Congo blackness. They have been I ttla ti
died by tlie admixture of degenerate Atiglo
i tfartou blool, ami, for ibe most part, ceuid
boast that they were of us pure a breed as tho
h r s? hl.i ;f Spa'ia— point in their favor in
I the eyes of tlie buyer as well ;.s physiologically,
for tco liberal an infusion of tlie blood of the
dominant race brings a larger intelligence, a
i more vigorous Drain, which anon grows restless
under the yoke, and is prone to inquire in
i to definition of tbe word Liberty, and the
meaning of the starry dig which waves, as you
may have beard, o'er the lan i of tbe free.—
The pure-blooded negroes are much tuoic docile
and manageable than muiattoe.s, though less
quick of comprehension, which makes ihcaj
j preferred by drivers, who can stimulate Stu
pidity by the ii>h much easier than they can
control Intelligence by it.
None of the Butler slaves have been sold
before, but have been on these two plantations
; -iucc they were horn. Here have they lived
j theii humble lives, and loved their simple loves;
j iterc were they torn, and here have many of
; them bad ehtMreu born unto them; here had
1 tuoir pireut# lived before them, and are now
i resting in quiet graves on tbe old plantation*
that these unhappy ones are to sect 110 more
f.'-rcver ; and hero they left not only the wcll
•ii.i'WU scenes dear to them from'very baby hood
; y a :;...u.-4ud loud memories and their homes
; us much loved by the a* perhaps as brighter
• hopes by m-.'ti of Tighter fa. es, but nil the
1 ctinging tic* th it boiuia iy. TTVTfq*-in-aris
wore torn asunder, for but one-half of each of
i iiicso uvu little happy communities was sent to
the shambles, to b>; scattered to the four wiuds,
while the oilier half were left Dcl'iud. And who
can tell how closely intertwined are the affec
tions of a little baud of four hundred persons
living isolated front ali tue world beside, from
birth to middle age? ]>o they not naturally
becomeouc great family, each tuan a brother
tliito each ?
It is true they were "sold in 'families,® but
let us see: a nun and his wife were called n
'family,' the:r parents and kindred were no?
taki ti into account; the man and wife might ho
sold to the [line woods of Not tb Carolina, their
brothers and sisters tie scattered through the
cotton fields of Alabama and the swamps of
Louisiana, while the parents might be left on
the old plantation to wear out their weary lives
in heavy grief, and lay their heads in far off
graves, over which ihcir children might never
weep. And uo account could be taken of
loves that, were as vet ÜBccjisuminnted hy mar
riage: and how many aching hearts have been
divorce., by tuts summary proceeding, no uian
can ovct know. And the separation is as ut
ter, ar'd is infinite.) more hopeless, than that
mauc by the angel of death, for then the
loveJ ones :■ re committed to the cato of a m. r
•iful deity, but in the other instance to the tea
k- mercies of a slave driver. These dark
skinned unforiunat s ate perfec:!-- unlettered,
and could not communicate hy witting, even if
luey Simula kut.tv where to send their missives.
And so to eaob other, au-i to the old familiar
places of their youth, oiung all their sympa
thies and affections, not los.-. 6trong, ptrhips,
because they arc so fr-w. dhe blades of grass
on ul! the iiui.ui r-.'.utes ate outnumbered by
the tears that are poured nut in agony at the
wrcsk that has been wrought in happy homes,
and the cru.-iiing grief that has been laid ou
lovintj heat is.
Lmt, IUCD, bu&itigss uive with
tears? beside, Giclii't i > ierce IJjtler give them
a silver dollar apiece? which will appear io the
sequel. Aud, sad as it is, it -^^Ssary
_.cdaU.iO a geiutctii !t| W ut) ulIo to live ou
tze beggarly pittance of half a million, and so
must needs enter mto speculations which turn
ed out adversely.
IlOW" TIILY WERE TttEATELi IN SAVANNAH
The negroes brought to Savannah iu
sruji lots, a? many at a time as could be con
veniently token euro of, the 'ost of then; reach
iug the city the Friday beforo the sale. They
were consigned to the care of Mr. J. Bryan,
Auctioneer auJAegro Broker, who was to feed
and ke?p them in condition until disposed of.
Immediately on their arrival they were taken
to tho Race Course, and there quartered in the
sueds elected tor tho accommodation of tho
horses and carnages of geutietueu attending
the races. Into these sheds they were hud
dled pelt-well, without any more attention to
their comfort than was necessary to prevent
their becoming ill aud unsalable. .Each fami
ly had one or mure boxes or bundles, in which
were stowed such scanty articles of their clo
thing us were not brought into immediate re
quisition, and their tin dishes and gourds for
their food and driuk.
it is, perhaps, fit tiibute to Urge banded
munificence to say that when the negro man
was sold, there was no extra obargo for the ne
gro man's clothes; they went with tho man,
and were not charged in the bill. Nor is this
altogether a contemptible idea, for many of
them had worldly wealth, iu tho shapo of clo
thing and other valuables, to tbo extent of per
haps four "or five dollars; and bad all these
been taken strictly into the account, the sum
: tot *1 of the sale would have been increase J, J
possibly, a thousand dollars. In the North we '
do not necessarily sell the harness with the {
!l'T*c; yhy, in tiie South, should the clothes 1
go Vritlt 'lie nogrO?
In these sheds Were the chattels huddled id'!
gather oa the floor, there being f.n <jt
bench or table. They ate and slept on th£ j
bare boards, their food being rice an 1 beans,
with occasionally a bit of bacon ad com bread.
Their huge bundles were scattered over the
2oOr, and therein the slaves st o; retimed,'
wht ti not restlessly moving about, or gatii-.--' d
intjO sorrowful groups, discussing the eh.nces |
Ot their tuturc fate. On the f c*s of all was
an expression of heavy grief; some appeared to
he resigned to the hard stroke of Fortune that '
has torn their from their homes, and were sad- !
I.V trying to make the best of it; sotue sat ;
brooding moodily over their sorrows, their .
ohius resting on their hand*, their eyes Staring j
vaeant'y, :ud their bodies rocking to and fro
with u restless motion that was never stifled;
few wept—the place was to > public nnd the i
drivers too near—though some -occasionally i
turned aside to give way to a few quiet tears. ;
fhey were dressed io every possible variety of j
uncouth end fantastic garb, in every style and j
of every imaginable color; the texture of the
garments was in all cases coarse, most of the
men being clothed in the rough cloth that is j
made expressly for the slaves. The dresses as- '
sumed by the negro minstrel* when tuey give j
mfiUtious'of plantation character, arc by no i
means exaggerated; they are, instead, weak
and uoable to eutno up to the original. There j
wis every variety of bat, with every imagina
ble slouch, and there was every cut and style;
of coat and pantaloons, made with every con
ceivable ingenuity of mi>fit, and tossed ot. with j
a gen iral appearance of perfect looseness that
is perfectly indescribable, except to say that a !
Southern negro always 1 oks as if he could
shake his clothes off without taking his hands ;
out of his pockets, l'lie women, true to the i
friuetiiue instinct, had made, in almost every
case, some attempt at finery. All wore gor
geous turbans, generally manufactured in an
iustant out of a gay-colored handkerchief by a
-.addon aud graceful twist of the fingers, the*
there was occasionally an ore elaborate turbae, 1
a turban complex aud uiy >terioa, got dp with j
<TsW, od orc-aiont, 'i with 11 f( B f idstV,
blight bits of ribbon. Their dresses were J
mostly coarse stuff, though there were some of
gaudy calicoes; a few h". 1 ear rings, ata 1
possessed the treasure of a string of yellow atid j
blue beads. The iittlc children wcrealw .ysj
better and more carefully dressed than ,hc old
er ones, the parental pride coming out iu li e
shape of a yellow cap pointed like a miicr, or j
a jacket with a strip of icd broadcloth .round;
toe bottom. Tffe children were of all sizes, j
the youngest being fifteen days old. The ba- 1
bios wmc generally good n nureJ, though when
cue would ret up a yell, the complaint soon at
tacked the other?, ar>d a full chorus would be
the result. A young negro baby looks like an
animated bit of iudia lubber, and has wonder
ful powers of suction. They were very preva
lent in the long suoiv room, where the stock
was all congregated the day <>f the sale, and
those- that were old enough to have positive
powers of locomotion were perpetually crawl
ing away from their mothers, aud getting un
der I lie feet of visitors. They have a passion
for climbing, and made strenuous cxcritous to
scale the legs of people who didn't belong to i
them; if a nun stood -til! for a minis: e, ho was
certain to have a baby hanging to each leg like
a er-ab. They didn't object to being kuocked
down, and rolled over, or being pitcuci across
the room, or any trifle of that oort, but it seem
ed to disconcert them to step on their tin-
g^a.
The slaves remained at the liace Course,
some of them for more thau a week, and all of;
them for four clays before tbo sale. Tk y were >
brought in thus early, that buyers who desired ',
to tuspcct them might enjoy that privilege, al- 1
though none of them were sold at private sale, i
for these picliluiuKi u-iyo .hell sbeu was con- j
stautly visited by speculators, ine negroes,
were examined with as little consideration as it j
they had becu- biuics indeed; the buyers pul- j
ling their mouths opeu to see tlieu' tgviii. pinch- •
iug their limbs to find haw muscular tucy ;
were, walking them up aud duwo lo detect any
signs bf iaaieuess, making them stocp and bcud |
in different ways that they might be certain !
there w*e iio concealed rupture or wound*, and |
in addition to nil this treatment, asking them !
s ores of questions relative to their qualifica
tions nDil aucomptishntor.a. All those humili- .
atious We ic submitted to without a murmur,
and iu some instances with good uatured cheer- ;
fulness, where the slave liked the appearance :
oi the proposed buyer, and fancy that he might |
prove a kind 'niasT-'
The following curiously sau scene is the type j
of a score of others that ware there en- .
acted:
Eiisha, chattel No. 5 in tbe catalogue, had j
taken a fancy to a benevolent-lookiog middle- j
aged gentleman, wlmj was inspecting tho stock,;
and thus used tiis powers of persuasion to in- :
duoe tbe benevolent man to purchase him, with j
his wife, boy and girl, Molly, Israel aud Sevan- ,
da, chattels No. 6, 7 end 8. The earnestness •
with which the poor fellow pressed his suit,
knowing, as he did, that p'.rhaps the happiness
of his whole iifo depended on his success, was j
touching, and the arguments be used were i
most pathetic, lie made no appeal to the feel- j
iugs of the buyer, he rested no hope on his i
charity and kindness, but only strove to show
how well worth his dollars were the bone and
blood be was entreating him to buy.
''Look at IUC, mas'r, am primo rice planter;
sho* you won't fiu'd a better man den iuc, no j
better on the whole plantation, not a bit old .
yet, do mo' work den ever, do carpenter work,
too, little; better bay me, nias'ri I'se be good j
snrvar.t, mas'r. Molly, too, my wife, Si, fus-
rate t ice. hand; fnos as good as me. Stan' out
yer, Molly, and let tho gen'lrn see."
Molly advances, with tter hands crossed on
her besom, and makes a quick, short curtsy,
an 1 t-lands mute, looking appeolhtgiy in tho be
ucvolcQt man's face. But Elisba talks all tho
faster.
;na-.\- your arm, Molly— good arm
daq m s'r, she'de R hear of work mo with dat
arm yet. Let good mas r e{ yd" teeth, Molly,
see ua!, M is'r, teeth ail icg'iar, all g-ou, sno'ill
young gai, yet. Oomo out yer, Israel, walk
arcvm* an', let the geu'lm see how spry vou
be."
Then, pnintin? tc tho ihrec year old girl
who stood with her chubby hind to her mouth,
holding on to her mother's dress, and uncertain
wnat to make of Ihe strange scene—
"Liitlc Tandy's on'y a chiic yet, make prima
gal by and by. Better buy u°, njas'r. we ha
bargain," aud so or. But tlie benevo
lent gentleman found where be could drive a
closer bargain, ar.d so bought somebody else.
Similar scenes were transacting all tbe while
on every side, parents praising the strength and
cleverness of their children, and showing off
every uiusslo and sinew to the very best ad
vantage, not with the cxcnsibio pride cf other
parents, but fo make them tha mote desirable
in the eyes of the man buyer; ami, on the eth
er hand, children excusing and mitigating the
age and inability of parents, that they might
be mure marketable, and fall, if possible,
kind hands. Nut anfreqnently these represen
tations, if borno out by tho facts, secured a
purchaser. Tbe women never spoke to the
white men unless spoken to, and then made tbe
conference as short as possible. And not one
of them all, during the whole time they were
thus exposed to tbe rude questions of vulgar
men, spoke the first unwomanly or indelicate
word, or conducted herself in any regard oth
erwise than as a modest woman should do;
their conversation and demeauoi were quite as
unexceptionable a* they would have been had
they been the highest ladies in tbe i i. 2, and
through all the iusulis to which they were sub
jected, they conducted thtmseives with the most
perfect dccoruiu aui self respect.
In the intervals of tuoia active labor, the dis
cussion of the re-open : ng of the flare trade*
was cointuencc'd, and the opinion fieerned to gen
erally pi, vail t:wt the tc e-tttbiishmeot of the
said fradc u a eonsr.mmiticn devoutly to bo
wished, and oac red-faced Major, or General,
or Corporal, clenched his remarks with the
emphatic assertion tuni " V\ "1 L;?o all tho
niggers in Africa over here in three ycv.s; w£
won't leave enough for . or
TII£ SALE.
The ltacc C.-orse at Savannah u situated
about three utiles from the city, in a pleasant
spot, near 1 j surrounded by weeds. As it rain
ed viokuiiy during tlse two clays of the sale,
ttic place was oolj accessible by carriages, and
the result was that few atteu led but actual buy
ers, who bad corns from long distances, and
could not afford to lose the opportunity. If the
ah-ir i.ad come off in Yankee land there would
have been a dozen oini.-' 1 ,!;MCS running constant
ly hc-tween the city and the Race Course, and
st ut" speculator won id nave bagged a nice lit
tle sum of money by the operation. Rut noth
ing of the h.lid was thought of here, unci the
ociy gainers were the livery stables, the own
ers of which had sufficient Yunkceistu to charge
duu <ic ayu treble prices.
The couveuieuces for getting ;o '.he ground
were so limited that there were not enough buy
ers to warrant the opening of the s!e for an
hour or two after the advertised time. They
dropped in, however, a few at a time, and
tilings began to look mere encouragingly for the
seller.
The negroes looked more uncomfortable than
over: the close couiinem ut indoors for e num
ber of day-,aud .iio drizzly, unpleasant weather
bc-gau to toil on their condition. They moved
about more listlessly, and were fast losing the
activity aud springiness tit ay had at first shown.
This morning they were all gathered into the
long room of the building erected as the 'Grand
island' oi" tuc ivicc U:>ore, thai tucy might be
immediately under the eye of the buyers. The
room was about a huudred feet long hy twenty
wide, and herein were crowded ,' a ; begrcee,
with much of their b-ggagc, awaiiiog their re
spective calls to step upon tuo biocfi uud ue
sold to the highest bidder, ibis uiorotDg Mr.
fierce Butler appealed among uis petple, speak
ing to each oue, and beiug icooguizcd with seem
ing pleasure by all. The meu obsequiously
puilcd off their hats, and made mat iuuesvri-
D tide sliding hitch with the foot that passes
with a negro ior a bow: aud tuo woman each
dropped the quick curtsy which they seldom
vouchsafe to any other thau their legitimate
master aud mistress. Occasionally, to a very
old or favorite servant, Mr. Butler would ex
tvud his daintily-gloved baud, which mark of
condescettssou was instantly hailed with grins of
delight from all the sable witnesses.
The room in which the saic actually took
piace immediately adjoiueu ue room of tbe ne
groes, and commuuicated with it by two large
doors. The sale room was open to tbe air on
one side, commanding a view of the eutiro
Course. A small platform was raised about two
feet and a half high, ou which were placed the
desks of the entry clerks, leaving room in front
of ideal for the auctioneer and the goods.
At about 11 o'clock tbe business men took
their places, and announced that tuesile would
begin. Mr. Bryan, the negro broker, is a dap
per littlo man, wearing spectacles and a vaca
ting hat, sharp ani sudden in Lis movements,
ami perhaps tho least bit iu tho world obtrusive
ly officious—aa earnest in bis language as he
could bo without actual sweariug, though act
ing much as if he a would like to swear a little at
the critical moments: in fast, ccuductiug him
self very tnuch like u member of the iouog
Men's Christian Association. Mr. Bryan diu
not sell tbe goods: he merely superintended the
VOL. 32, NO. 13.
operation and saw that the entry clerks did their
duty properly.
Tire auctioneer proper was u Mr. Walsh, who
deserves a word of description. In personal
appearance he is the very opposite of Mr. Bry
j an, being careless in his dress instead of scru
pulous, n i irge man instead of B little one. a
j fat mm instead of a h-au one, and B good na
j lured iiiun instead of a fierce one. lie is a
■ rollicking old boy, with an eye ever on the
j lookout, and that u l-?tj a lidding nod cs
' anc bim, a hearty word for every bidder who
j cares f.r if, end a plenty of jokes to let off
when the business geis a little slack. Mb.
Walsh has a florid complexion, not more so
perhaps thr-n is becoming, and possibly nW
R: re so than is t; stars lin whir key coouirj - .
Not only is his face red, but some cause baa
blistered off the skin ia spots, giving him a
pec-Iy look, flaking his face all, the peeliness
and the redness coinbiotd tiake h:a look much
as if he had been boiled in toe scare pot with
red cabbage.
.Mr. Walsh mounted the stand, and announc
ed the terms o? the sale, "one-third cash, the
remainder payable iu two eqaai annual instal
ments, bearing interest from the day of sale,
to be secured by approved mortgage and per
souai security, or approved acceptances on Sa
vannah, Ga., or Cbanesfoa, S. C. Purchasers
to pay lor papers." Tie buyere, who were
pre cut to the number of about two hundred,
clustered around the pla'fvraj, while the ne
groes, who were not likely ;o be immediately
w*nt j d, gathered in'o sad groups in the back
ground to watch the progress of the selling iu
which tl.cy were so sorrowfully interested.—
The wind howled outside, and through the open
side of the buildiug the driving rain came pour
ing in; tho bar down sutrs ceased for e sboit
time its brisk trade; the buyers lit fresh cigars
got ready their catalogues and l*ad pencils,
ami the first lot, of human chattels are led upon
the stand, not by a white tuun, Lot by a sleek
mulatto, himself a slave, ami who seem to re
gard tho selling of his brethren, in which ho
glibly assisrs, as a capital joke. It had been
announced that the negroes wouid le sold in
•iatadies,' that :< to say, a man would not be
parted from his wife, or a mother from u very
yourg child. There is perhaps as much policy
as humanity In tMs arrangement, for tWtUby'*
trany arc J and unserviceable people are dis
posed of, who otherwise would not find a ready
stile.
•iho Srt fait;] J- brought out were announced
>'•1? tua catalogue a
s \am". Remarks.
1. Oct.- go '27 Crime cotton pi mcr.
2. Sue 2G Prime rice planter.
3. George G Boy child.
4. Ilurry 2 Boy child.
The tmoucr of buying w£i a&iiuu&ecd to be,
bjd.ii"T a certain price apiece for the whole
lot. Thus George end Ms family were started
at S3OO, ind were finally soli at §GOO each,
bt isj $2.4 ; "-0 for the four. To get an idea of
. • reiattrc value ■:< t;ch cue, we meat suppose
George worth $1,200, Sao worth S9OO, Little
George worth S2OO, and Harry worth 8100.
Owing, however*, to some misapprehension on
•be part of the barer -? to tho manner of bid—-
•ling, he oio not take the f oily i t this figure,
and they were put up at:l sold again, cn the
second day, when they brought $620 each, or
$2,480 far the whole—an advance of S9O over
the first sale.
Robert, und Luna his wife, who wore re
nounced as having "goitre, otherwise very
prime,'' brought the round sum of §1.005 each.
But that your readers may have au idea of ths
■exact manner iu which things are done, I ap
t-cod a couple of pages oi the catalogue used
ea this occasion, which you can print vcrfca
-99 Kate's L-O'.id, 3g- d 30: rice, prime man
700 Betsey, 29: rice, unsound.
101 Kate, 6:
102 Violet, 3 months.
Sold for §5lO each
-103 YYoester, 45.- rice hand, and fair ma
sen.
104 Mary, 40. cotton band.
soid for S3OO each.
105 Commodore Bob, aged: rice hand.
106 Kate, sged: cotton.
107 Liuda, 19: cotton, prime yPuug wo
rn-n
100 Joe, 13: rice, prime boy.
Sold for SOOO each.
109 Boh, 30: rice.
110 Mary, 25: rice, prime woman.
Sold for §1,135 each.
111 Adsod, 49: rice—ruptured, ou-3 eye.
112 Violet, 55: tice band.
Sold for §250 each.
113 Allen Jeffrey, 46: rice hand Hnd saw
ycr in f-teara tniil.
114 Sikey, 43: rise band.
I£s Watty, 5: ir.Srin legs.
Sold for §520 each.
116 Kina, 13: rice, prime young woman,
117 Lena, 1.
Sold for §645 each.
118 Pompey, 31: rice—Lme in one foot.
119 Kitty, 30. rice, prime woman.
120 Poinpcy, jr., 10: prime boj.
121 John, 7.
122 Noble, 1, boy.
Sold for §SBO each.
341—Cain, 39; rice band.
342—L'assander, 35; cotton band—has fits.
343—Emetine, 19: cotton, prime youD wo
man.
344—Judy, 11; cotton, prime girl.
Sold fur §4OO each.
345—Dorcas, 17; cotton, prime w<nuan.
346—Joe, 3 mon:h>.
Sudd for §1,200 each.
347—Turn, 22: cotton land. Sold for sl,-
260.
348- Judge Will, 55: rice hand. Sold for
§325.
349—L'Wden, 54: cotton bind.
350—Ilagar, 50: cotton bind.